AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. JOHN B. BRATTON. Editor & Proprietor. CARLISLE, PA., APRIL 26, 1860. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. For Governor;, HE NRY d. FOSTER, OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, ELECTORS AT LARGE, Geo. M. Keiji, of Berks county, ' Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia DISTRICT ' ELECTORS. 1. Frcd’k. A. Server. 14. J. Rcckhow. 2. Wm. C. Patterson. 15. Geo. D. Jackson. 3. Jos. Crockett; Jr. 16. J. A. Ahl. 4:, Ji-Oi Brenner. 17. J. B. Danner. 5. J.-W. Jacoby. 18. J. K. Crawford. G. Charles Kelly. 19. II- N. Lee-. 7. 0; P. James. 20. J. B. Howell. 3; David Schnll; 21. N. P. Fottcrmnn. 9. J. L. Lightner.- 22. Samuel Marshall. 10. S. S. Barber. 23. Win. Book. 11. T. H. Walker; 24.8. D. Hamlin, 12. S. S. Winchester. 25. Gaylord Church. 13. Joseph Lnnbach. - ■ Gen. Foster on the Tariff. —We publish on the first page; of to-day’s Vohmtccr, the speech made by the Hon. Henry D. Foster, in Congress, in 1844, in opposition to a bill to admit railroad iron free of duty.' It will bo seen.that the position ho takes on the, tariff question is truly Pennsylvanian,and as strong ly in favor of the protective policy ns any rea sonable m«n could desire. . With such a rec ord, made more than fifteen years ago, arid, consistently. adhered to over since, General Foster can fearlessly confront his competitor before the people of his native State, and chal lenge him to show a bettor record. There will be up dodging on the part of the Demo cratic, candidate., ■ ■General Appearance of things in Gen eral.—The long shower wo had, has .bright ened, up things. Nature has put on her em erald green dross, trees are putting out their 'leaves. Flowers are springing up. Beautiful ■birds and sweet melody fill the groves. Na ture is rejoicing in freedom from her winter bonds.- Farmers tell us that the grain looks ■well, and .portion of the community looks pleased.- Butter is getting some color, and a little plentier than it was last week. Eggs plenty; with a chick in occasionally. Pota toes plenty,, and price' low. Corn scarce and high r the most of it finds its way in a fluid state, into hats around town. Chickens scarce, being too busy in laying eggs to come to town to get killed. Ev town.— Our former townsman, Thomas M. Binbr.E, Esq., now a resident of Philadel phia, where.-die is successfully practicing Ins profession (the law,) surprised us a few days since, by popping into our sanctum. AVith his family, lie was paying' a short visit to his relativea.in- this place, where ho has troops of enthusiastic triends, the editor of this paper, of course,' among the number. May prosper ity attend him. ESj'llon. William Montgomery, M. 0., will accept our thanks for public documents, llis last favor (a book of great interest and Value,) is particularly acceptable; Death or llpx. W.u. 0. A. This gentleman,-Speaker of the late House of Ropresonlativos, died at his mother's resi dence, in Harrisburg, on Saturday night last., lie had for two successive sessions been Spea ker of the House, was a man of fine talent, who, has been cut down in his youth, by the fell destroyer, consumption. His ago .was 27 years, 11 months and 3 days. Another Challenge.— Hon. Robert J. 'Walker challenged Attorney General Black to mortal combat, on Thursday last, through Senator Brown, of Mississippi. , The latter showed his good sense by declining to accept the challenge, and so the matter rests. The cause of the challenge was the Attorney Gen eral's denial that Mr. Buchanan’s letter to Walker, in Kansas, was authentic, thus im pugning the latter's character for voracity. :• Arrest of Heenan.— By the 'last arrival from Europe, wo learn that the authorities of Hertfordshire had placed John C. lleenan, the prize-fighter, under arrest. His fight with Sayeiis, therefore,' may not come off. , ' . Death of the Hon. IVm. Cost Johnson.— The death of the lion. Win. Cost Johnson, an ex-member of Congress from Maryland,, took place in Washington,'on Sunday last a week, Houston has written odottor, which appears an the Texas papers, declining, to allow Jiis namo-to go before the Charleston Convention; The MI E. Church, and Slavery. —The following are the* votes of several- of the An nual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in regard, to changing- the general rule of the. Church so as to exclude slavehold ers from communion: Baltimore Conference, for change, 0; against, 140. East Baltimore do.,* for, 0; against, 15(3. Philadelphia, do.; for, 13; .against, 170. Pittsburg, do., for, 18 ; against,. 127. Missouri, do., for, 0; against, 42- . 11 will I)o.scon.from the above thnttlio Cen tral Methodist Episcopal Conferences are strongly conservative on tho slavery question, and arc satisfied to “lot well enough alone,” maugro all the efforts of a few misguided ul traists and fanatics to bring about a rupture in the Church. , C77* A "Washington dispatch says that Mr. Pryor s wife and five children vrero in Wash ington when ho sent his challenge to Mr. Pot ter- Mr. Potter’s wife was also in the city at the time;, quite calm, saying she did not wish to say anything of the affair until it was over, and declared that she knew, her husband to be a bravo man. JgQy The Senate has confirmed tho nomina tion of George M. Wharton, Esq., ns United States District Attorney for tho Eastern Dis trict of Pennsylvania, in place of Janies C. Vandykc, Esq;, removed.' JUST - A Washington letter says tho British minister at Washington is putting his bache lor house in order to receive the Prince of Wales. Lord Lyons is described ns more popular and less gallant than his predecessor, Lord Napier. ■rM-i Parly Allegiance and Social Relations. , It must bo admitted, says the Harrisburg > Union, that party allegiance is based upon the intiipato conviction of tho truth of certain political principles, and the moral obligation of doing what is 1 just and right. This senti ment is next in every American-breast, and next only, to the intensity of religious belief and conviction, and finds its origin in oar Bill of Rights and tho organic laws of the Repub lic. Public opinion sanction's and protects it. It lies at tho very root of oar republican in- stitutions, and is the life's blood of civil lib- ogty. It is the National creed 1 But what is tho general practice? Does the poor man, who labors for the rich, onjoy tho right and privilege to think and to vote as ho pleases 1 or docs his employer, conscientiously abstain ing from unduo interference, allow; him to think and vote as ho pleases ? ’ Tho political history of tho country answers—No ! Look back, for instance, to the hitter con- test between tho United. States Bank and the Administration of Gon. Jackson. Who does not remember tho moans of coercion that wore used by tho adherents of tho United States Bank, either, directly or indirectly, to force men against their own convictions, to vote for tho Bank party ? Who can forgot the relent- less .persecutions to which laborers, mechan ics, traders and men of every degree, wore exposed, who persisted in voting with the De mocratic party? Laborers and mechanics were discharged; traders lost, their custom; men of whatever occnpation-Or profession were shunned and persecuted In', their business; social relations became poisoned rind embit tered by tho inveteracy of party strife; kins man was estranged-from kinsman; friendships wore broken; neighborly intercourse was sev ered ; persecution and- oppression reigned tri umphant! Never were the laboring and in dustrial classes of the country more tried and persecuted for opinion’s sake than during that memorable struggle! What was the result? Did tho poor -laborers and mechanics, who had been turned off without bread, falter or faint under this bank, tyranny? Not at all. Per secution nerved ’ them to. .the contest; they went hungry to the polls, and the Bant and its tyrannical partisans fell under overwhel ming Democratic majorities! ■ Tho.Eopnblican leaders are disposed to pur sue the same system of tyranny.. They ap- I pear to think that because they pay a man a dollar a day for his labor, they also have for that sum a lionupon.his body and soul, and that ho is bound, in consideration of the afore said wages, to think and vote as they do.— Hence they hire Democrats to make llepubli can votes. If there is any flinching, the De mocrat is turned off. Another strange notion these gentlemen have in their heads is, that any community of private interests'they may have with a Democrat, necessarily obliges' that Democrat to sacrifice his political 'princi ples .and to vote for'or with them. A failure to comply with such unreasonable demands excites their ii'Spffhdignation and persecution. Again—it is thought by some of them that if, |at any time, they have done a man a favor, that ho is bound in'honor to sacrifice his polite ical principles for their takes. If ho fails to do so, they cry .out ingratitude, and fall to i persecuting. All this is wrong, and arises |;frnm the belief,.on the part o,f such men, that political principles' are not the result of cen- viction, but of convenience—that political pro fessions arc as loosely assumed as a cloak, and serve the same purpose, namely:—to cover a person or an object. 1 . It is high time that men should bo liberal enough and j ust enough to make a proper dis tinction between party obligations and.social relations.; that they should respect in others the rights which; they , claim for themselves, and that in proportion tojhe intensity of their party feelings, they should cease to persecute and oppress those* who claim to think differ ently from them. The.sooner the Republican leaders come to this conclusion the better it will be fof. all concerned. Remember the fate of the United States Bank party. New York for Seward. —The Republican Convention of Now York has elected 35 dele gates to the Chicago Convention pledged to support the nomination of Seward. The Con vention resolved unanimously, amidst ap plause and cheers, to present the name of Mr. Seward,' because they regarded him “as emi nently the' reprosontivo of tho.principles upon which the Republican party is based.” This display of unanimity ap’d enthusiasm in 'Now York in behalf of Mr. Seward renders his nomination by the Chicago Convention una voidable, if his friends insist upon it. In ease he is put forward as the official representative of the Republican party, tho weak-kneed and apologising Republicans of Pennsylvania will find all their “People’s Party’!, stratagems blown to fragments, when they are compelled to face tho “ irrepressible conflict” and the “ higher law.” Mark It.— Joshua R. Biddings,'the groat Republican leader, says in a published letter that “every sentence” of tho Helper book “finds a response in the hearts of all true Re publicans.” That book says—“no man can be a true patriot without first becoming an abolitionist.” This sentence, of course; “finds a response in the hearts of all true Republi cans. The bdok also declares that “not to be an abolitionist is to bo a wilful and- diabolical instrument of tho devil.” This sentence also “finds a response in the hearts of all true Re publicans.” Is it not clear, then, that this Black Republican party is an Abolition party in disguise, and therefore tho covert allies of tho enemies of tho Constitution and the Union.” BepublicajT Fkee Traders.— Tho N. Y. Evening Post, a leading Republican journal, is persuaded that tho best thing, of a financial nature, which Congress can do for the people of this country is to allow them to import iron duty free. How does Mr. Covode like this ? Bryant should bo summoned before tho Com mittee. US? - We see it stated in some of our ex changes that by a recent act of the Legisla ture/ tho fees of District attorneys of this Commonwealth were- raised from 53,50 to $7,00 on each bill tried. This is a mistake. Tho bill referred to applies exclusively to the city of Philadelphia, and is one of tho many exnmpleS'Of the partial and extravagant leg islation that disgraced tho last session. No Duel.— Tho difficulty between Potter and Pryor lias been amicably settled.. Another “tempest in a tea-pot !” We are United! Wo have nover known tho Democratic par ty more thoroughly, united, than it is now in support of Henry D. Foster for Governor.— From all tho counties wo hear the sumo en couraging report, that tho party is united to a man, and determined to achieve an old-fash ioned victory in October, which will bo tbo case as sure as tho election comes round.— The Democratic party in Pennsylvania is uni ted—that is a certain fact—and tho Democra tic party has never been' beaten when united. Our opponents know this, and hence their despondency. All hail the union of the De mocratic party!! All hail Gen. Foster, our gallant nominee!!! All hall tho everlasting Democracy, who intend to achieve an everlas ting victory next October and November!!!! The Militia of the States. —Ool. Roberts, of tho United States army’, has, proposed a plan of reorganization of tho militia of tho several States. Ho proposes a short term of service for .volunteers, who aro to bo armed, and equipped, and disciplined by Congress, and to be paid for a few days’ service each year, when under instruction, discipline,- and drill. Ho fixes this volunteer force at 200,- 000, and proposes to divide them in all the States in proportion to their population, be lieving this division will give to oaoh State sufficient force to preserve domestic tranquility, to prevent insurrection, and to enforce the laws. When war is declared, the militia to bo subject to tho call of the President, to re pel invasion, and even to carry on .offensive and foreign war. The plan is before-Congress for its consideration. ' Appropriate Appointment. —Mrs. Mary Chcsnut, mother of the Senator from South Carolina, has been appointed Vice Bogont of ■ the Mount Vernon Association of the State.. She is 85 years of age, and had a personal ao c(uaintanc6 with General Washington. In the Spring of 1789, Washington visited Trenton, and was received vfith the most enthusiastic demonstrations by the people", especially by the ladies. A triumphal ifteh ivas erected on the bridge ovdr the Assanpinck Creek, at the en trance of which six young girls'strewed flow ers before him', and sang a song of welcome. One of those girls is now Mrs. Chesnutv And she, who in the dawn of life sang the sohg of triumphant welcome to “The Hero,” how, in its wane, join's those who arc endeavoring to pay the noblest, of. tributes to that hero’s memory. BQylu the Now York Legislature, a bill has been passed “to perfect an amendment of the constitution abolishing the property qualification for negroes” by a vote of .73 to bo 00. > We need not Inform our readers that the New .York Legislature, which lias just .passed the bill allowing all sorts of negroes to vote, on a pei’fect equality with white men, is largely Republican. • They are getting afraid New York will go Democratic next fall unless they can turn loose' against us there; all the niggers they have stolon fronvtho South. But we shall bocnonghfor them,- The Democrats \ intend to wipe out Black Republicanism this, fall.' So pile in,-all of you. ; . BSf The English pr'mg up their children very differently from the manner in which we bring'up odrs. They have an abundance of fresh out-dbor air every day,'whenever it is possible. The nursery maids arc expected to take all the children out airing every day, even to the infant. This custom.ia becoming more prevalent in this country, and should bo pursued whenever it is practicable. . Infants should be early accustomed to the open air. • Wo confine, theni too much and heat them too much for a vigorous growths One of the finest features of the London parks is said to bo the crowds of nursery mai'ds with-their groups of healthy children. Prisoner Shot.— On the 23d ult., the pris oners in the-Penitentiary at Jackson,-. Miss., made an attempt to escape, which would have been successful, had not one of the guards, Sir. Gist, shot one of the men making tho ef fort to escape. Tho wound received is a dan gerous one. J3QT Wc see by our, exchanges from Now Jersey, that the type-setters are felicitating themsfilyes upon the apparent morality of their craft. One of those papers remarks: tho prin ters of Now Jersey boast that there is not a single printer in the State prison of the State, and but one in the Legislature. The Bank Robbery at Columbus, Ga.— The amount taken from the Marino Bank at Columbus, Ga., on the.night,of the Bth inst. was §45,342, about half of the sum being iii nates of that institution, and the remainder in notes on other Georgia and South Carolina Banks. Tho thief omitted to take a bundle of the Marine bills of the value of $71,000, as well as several bags of silver which wore in tho vault. • Mill Sold.— Tho..Cotton Mill at Reading was sold at public sale on tho 11th inst., for $152,400. Tho tornffi wore, one-half cash on tho Ist day of May next, and the balance on the .Ist day of May, 18G1. The purchasers aro Messrs. Garner & Co., of New York. Ton thousand dollars were paid at once as “ earnest money.” The original cost of tho mill was §220,000. #ffl“Thc rejoicings of tho Opposition over tho rosidt of the late election in Connecticut, reminds us forcibly of tho sailor who fell from the mast of the ship and broke his back, and who consoled himself in hisaflliotion by thank ing Heaven that it wasn’t his nock. The backbone of Republicanism in Connecticut has been broken ; the Democrats will complete tho work next fall by breaking its nock. Amputated.— Harry Copland, the- actor, had a log amputated below tho knee week be fore last, in New Orleans. Several weeks ago ho was accidentally shot, and was compelled to resort to amputation to save his life. Ex-President Tyler and lion. James B. Clay, son of Henry Clay, were among tho guests at the inauguration of tho Clay statue at Richmond, Va. fiS5“ A monument to'John Bunyan, thc au thor of “Pilgrim’s Progress," is about to bo erected in London. - USr Luther S. Dixon, tho Union and Dem ocratic candidate for Chief Justice of Wis consin, has been elected by a large majority .over Judge Sloan, Republican. Defining its Position. Tho . Philadelphia Evening Journal? which has ably advocated tho formation of the Son-, stitutional Union Phrty,” having been nnsta ken as an party, and accused o ploying into th 6 hands of the-Domooratio par' ty, thus defines its (position; , ■ “Ours is tho ‘flag of the Umofi, - ’ and an er it wo shall fight Sectionalism and Abolition-, ism, no irintteV what false and specious names they may assume, just as long as wo nns strength and life to strike a blow for tho whole country and its Constitution, against tho o niostic and foreign foes of both. *Wo will fig i them with a Constitutional Union party, it wo can; but, when that fails, wo will hght t ioi with tho next best party that wo can hn . Our opposition to tho Black, Republicans is absolute and uncompromising. ” ewill ma >.o no terms and , enter into no dengue with it. We aro. hound, as far as we uro able, to resist and combat it, as wo did four years ago, an as wo have - done over since, and if tho neces sities of the case should leave us no altorna tivo, wo will do all that wo can, and ask con servative men to do all they can, in co-opora tion with tho Democratic party, to crush out, utterly and forever, tho most mischievous ana infamous faction that ever disturbed the peace and injured tho prosperity of tho country. And we shall do this, not that wo love tho Democratic party, but because wo dislike and distrust it less than wo dislike and those whoso only purpose is agitation, and whoso only idea is the negro." There is n genuine patriotism in this deter mination rising above party, and wo believe that tho Journal expresses tho opinion of a largo olass of conservative citizens who have not hitherto acted with tho Democratic party, when it declares “absolute and uncompromis ing” hostility to that most mischievous, fao tion, tho Republican party. The Kh'ole Island Elcelion. Oar mongrel opponents are very sore over the result in little Rhode Island. They die harder than shako tails.“Rhode Island, say they, “elected a Governor opposed to the Republicans, but then he is not a Democrat ■\VelI r let us see I There are but two parties at present in existence in tlic North —the Dcm cratic and the so-called “Republican.” The “Constitutional Union” party about being started, has never yet made any nominations. Consequently, as Gov. Sprague ran against the “Republican” nominee, he ran hs a Democrat. The' Harrisburg Patriot clears up this;mattcr as’folloSvs i'y • Since the overthrow of Black Republican ism in llhpdo Island, the papers of that party are trying to. make it appear that the event was no triumph of the Democracy-'—that Mr.; Sprague, the successful candidate for Gover nor,,was not distinctively a Democratic can didate, hut ,the union candidate of several dis tinct political, organizations, to neither of which ho was especially .attached, Ex-Sena tor James, whoso opportunities of knowing all the facta in relation thereto arc' equal to those of any other man, says Mr, Spraigue docs not rate himself as anything, in a'party, sense, I hut a Democrat. Before accepting the Demo cratic nomination, he distinctly declined that of the Conservative Repiiblicans ,, l and the “Young Men's' 7 party, and’ accepted 1 none oth ,‘er than the nomination of the Democratic party/ duly tendered in conformit}' to the usa ges of. that party. Gen. James has ho doubt of the permanent ascendency of the Democra tic party in Rhqdc Island, if no fatal mistake ,ia made in the nomination at; Charleston, of I which there is no reasonable ground for fear thfc present time. 3? UVOWTTuii b Oa.SE.-—;EVio 2SciO Oi~ leans Picayitntr ffves alengthy account of a frightful poisoniflg case which occurred in that city. A Mrs. Loriiley gave a dinner party in: honor of a' young friend who had just gradu ated from tho Medical College, and a large number of guests wore present, among them several young ladies. The cook, having some grudge against her.,mistress,"with the aid of her son, a mulatto boy of seventeen, introduc ed arsenic into a dish of ■“ Charlotte Russo.” All of the company Were taken sick some hours after tho dinner. One youth died, and. six ladies are so low that their recovery is doubtful. Tho negress and her son wore ar rested and lodged in prison. Great excite ment existed in New Orleans relative to the affair. In a Delicate Fix.—‘At the late session of the circuit court, held at Goshen, la., a good looking-' yodhg lady had a divorce hill filed and' ready for the judge to act oh. Previous to'this,- however, the lady had become recon ciled to her husband, and. had dispatched a letter to her attorney, instructing him to dis continue the legal proceedings. This, letter failed to reach him before the prayer of the fair petitioner was granted. When she heard of her predicament—‘having been living out side the matrimonial lino with a divorced lov er: —she concluded to make the best of it; so |a now license waiobtaihod, and the pair re spliced as good as now! Cami’iiene Mimosas.—“ E. M,” the weath er sage of Brooklyn Heights; has kept an ac count of the number'of deaths which have oc curred during the last ton years from the use of campheue. The following are his figures: Dead. Injured. 1850, from July'22, 2 10 1851 . 23 40 1852 15 31 1853 28 50 1854 55 70 . 1855 40 4G 1856 ■ ■ • 65, OS -1757 ' 59 75 1858 54 , 93 1859 83 107 1860, to March 27, 30 18 Total, A New Button.— We sec it stated in some of our exchanges that a button has boon in vented that cannot bo torn from the coat.— What a blessing this will bo to the poor fel lows who so bitterly complain of being caught by the button by a friend in the street, and hold fast while long stories of no interest whatever are being related. This new button will place afar off all danger, for the bore may bo sure that his victim will quietly succumb when he can thus safely break away and re tain Ins buttons. Baltimore Police Bill. —The Maryland Court of Appeals have unanimously sustained the decision of the'Superior Court of Balti more, in favor of the constitutionality of the Police Bill passed by the recent Legislature of Maryland. Rather Warm.— Delegates to Charleston may eummerize on the most liberal, scale.— Wo find it stated that on the 9th instant, the thermometer ranged at from 85 to 90 degrees and still getting warmer. Gen. Cass, now in his 78th year, is said to have yet to taste the firstidrop of intoxicating liquors. From Washington, Washington, April 21. The Constitution of this morning says-“If anv member of the Cabinet, has sought, or tak y on steps, to-change the lino ° f the President, in an important^ matter.of State tiofioy, without the advice, knowledge, sent of the President,- ho has hoen go y o an act of infidelity, and bad hic i should invoke his severest censure. IndoC‘l, such conduct would ho dishonorable, nndjust ly incur a forfeiture of his confidence. . J “In this view wo think wo have the righ to demand of Mr. Walker the naming of the individual implicated. In the absence reply wo shall maintain that lie is '"jolly mistaken, or is wholly unable to substantiate the grounds of his belief.” , This article excites much comment from its semi-official character ami as it involves the question of the unity of thejCabinet, Neither the Senate nor the House of hep resontatives are in session to-day. Mount Vebnon. —Mount Vernon is now • fully in possession of the noble band of Indies ■ who formed themselves into a glorious sister hood, to secure the homo and sleeping place ; of the immortal Father of his Country, from decay and destruction. Too much praise can not bo bestowed on those who have been the active and earnest workers in this great labor, and a monument only inferior to the one com menced at Washington, will bo'when com pleted, should .be erected with their names inscribed thereon. They are true women, and worthy to have, their names go down to the latest posterity, blended with the name of the immortal Washington. Nothing daunted them, but with steadiness and determination, they have worked On tireless in their umlci taking, until they have now nearly completed their work. Ought not the blush of shame to cover the face of every man that has dared to think of disunion, and much more those who have uttered their thoughts, that while they wore contemplating the destruction Xif tho re-' suit of the labors of Washington and liis com patriots, this little hand of females have been earnestly,laboring to possess themselves of, the homo and grave of that good man ? That is a Fact— The Toronto (Canada) Globe, of the 22d ult., says tho fate of Mira mon cannot be told .with certainty. If the American accounts are to bo depended upon, ho is certain of a repulse from \ era Cruz. It matters little whether he or his opponent, Jaurcz, succeeds. Neither .of them knows how to conduct hhiisolf with decency. The best thing the Yankees can do for the.xcorld at large, if not for the Ljtitcd States, in to annex Mexico as speedily as possible.” Attempt■ to,* Murder, and Suicide.—' On- Sunday, tho-Sth inst., li man named Oliver, in Crittenden county,- Ky„ Was caught in ah at tempt to blow up his dwelling, with a'view of killing his wife and child. lie was just about consummating his fiendish design. ■ After his arrest and commifal, ho hung himself in'his cell,- arid was there, found, by the jailor, dead. The New England. Republicans are op osed to a change of tho tariff in favor of pro tection, as. they were in 1857. The Republi cans preach tariff in Eastern Pennsylvania; in other State's they preach free trade. How to Clcan lrishman I out west, has invented a patent for cleaning chimneys, which knocks' all other patents tar “ into the shade.”' lie takes a goose arid ties its legs and lots it down tho chimney. . The fluttering of-the bird of course completely cleans the soot out of the chimney. So much for inventive genius. < > ' Death while at Prayer. —On the 14th inst., Mrs. Clara Yonderwerkin, an estimable lady, sixty-one years of age, who resided alone in a small house in West TroyJ N. Y„ was found dead in her room. . She'was in the at titude of prayer by the side of her bed, with her face buried in the clothes. Fatal Gunninq AccxnENT. —Samuel Smith, a young married man of Philadelphia, was shot dead on the 11th inst., by the accidental discharge of a gun, in the hands .of Joseph Berry, with whom ho'was gunning, in n boat, on the Jersey shore. ‘ IC?' A. Western paper says, that a pair ol horses were standing near a railroad station recently, when a train came thundering along; one of the horses was greatly frightened, trem bled violently for a moment,' then fell down dead, killed by terror. . , DC?" One of the cattle dealers in New York city recently sold a lot of oxen raised in Ne braska, some of which had been .used ,by the United States Government for the transporta tion of troops, and stores to Utah. Cue of them had a horn! six feet eight inches in length. Those' venerable public functionaries woro' sold to a' city lintclier, who will cut them up for prime beef—very tender, of course. DC?" Phineas T. Barnunr is once'more upon his feet,, and as likely as ever to build up a largo fortune. In his prosperity, with all his sharpness, ho was not only a fair, but a liber al employer, and therefore, the public will bo well pleased to learn that ho who well used, and did not abuse his wealth, is again a free man. ■ 0“ The Bath Times thinks it is a bad sign for a bachelor lawyer, when ho gets up to speak in court, to draw a woman’s nightcap from his pocket on which to, wipe his nose, thinking it a whito handkerchief. The strings arp apt to bo noticed and awaken, unpleasant suspicions. Julion, the groat musical conductor and composer, died lately in a lunatic asylum at Paris. Accident.— On Friday lust, as Mr. Edmund Brandt, residing about four miles from this place, was engaged in thrashing with a ma chine, a younger brother, aged about fifteen, amused himself by clambering abbuttho horse power, which was a stationary one, and by some moans was caught by a part of the ina ohmory and pressed against a projecting beam with such force as to break his tipper jaw in three places, and the lower one in one, besides tearing the lower lip in a shocking manner and knocking several of his teeth out. Ho was brought to his father’s, Mr. John Brandt residing in this place, when Drs. Day and Herring, of this place, together with a physi cian from Churchtown, who had been pre viously called in, sot the broken bones and sowed up the lip, and the lad is now in a fair way of recovery. Considering the oiroum stances,it is almost a miracle that ho was not killed instantly. Notwithstanding the extent of his injuries, he says lie does not feel any piun.. J This is another warning taporsons working about machinery to exercise more care than tenth» U nfiV 7 d °-i If . ‘I 118 '"’ ero (lonc - nine tenths of the accidents from this cause would never happen.--—jfec/muiesii/ry Journal. FKOM CHARLESTON. aBBIVit oFlpetvnstlv an I a delegation. Gov. Bigler appointed Chairman, and Hen. drlck B. WrigJit selected as Mem er ol Committee omßesolnfioas, and John Cessna as Member of the Com mittee bn Organization. •&s fsssfS&m&B® presidential PROSPECTS. * . Cuahleston, April 20. Dolomites and outsiders are arriving by the *r onifri ami all is buatlo and excitement, iwlas has the largest outside pressure, and mmm Covciition. Ha i* a. strong mm- President Buchanan has written a letter, wine isTow in the hands of a delegate, ton Penn sylvania, positively and peremptorily dccli nmg the use of his name lor rc-nomination. The friends of Douglas are re port that the letter contains a « t U '° Little Giant," but there is not a word ot truth in it. On Saturday quite a number of Northern delegates mot to confer in regard to the course they intend to pursue. Chablestoj;, April 21. The steamship Keystone State arrived at tins port this morning, at six o clock, bring ing the Philadelphia expedition to the Demo cratic National Convention. The voyage was a pleasant one; and all the delegates are in a reasonably good state .of health. The city m filling np rapidly, but there is not the crowd that was formerly expected. The Convention will meet on Monday, and to-night and to-morrow will 1)0 spent" in cau cassing and The Dougins men arc very jnbihmt in anticipation, but nobody knows whether they have good grounds for it. Charleston, April 22. The voyage from Philadelphia to Charles ton on the Keystone State was a pleasant one, and the sea smooth, but two-thirds of the pas sengers on board suffered much from sea-sick ness, and wore greatly rejoiced when the steamer finally arrived at this port at six o - clock yesterday morning. . A formal meeting of the Pennsylvania del egation was held last night, and all of its members but two were present. Senator liiglcr was elected chairman of the delega tion, and will therefore bo its organ in the Convention, but a fair offset to this arrange ment is to be found .in the fact that the friends of Judge Dougins were successful in securing the choice of lion. Hendrick li. Wright, of Luzerne county, ns the Pennsylvania member of the Committee'.on Resblatibhs, to which all questions appertaining to the platform will be referred, and of John Cessna; of. Bedford coun ty, as the Pennsylvania member of the Com mittee on Organization, . . . It is supposed thp. Convention will bp in session until Friday next. There are rumors.that the Virginia delega tion will vote for Douglas between the tilth and tenth ballots. Georgia will vote for Cobb first, and after that divide between Breckin ridge* and, Douglas. ... The Pennsylvania delegation will cast ten votes for, Douglas on the first ballot, and the remaining seventeen will be divided between Breckinridge and. Guthrie. . Mayor TPbod’s Juetier of Protest—Heartily he .■fore the Committee, on Credentials—The Voles on Excluding the Kew York and Illi nois Delegations from the Committee oti Ore-, ilcntials, and Allowing them to Participate in the Organization. Charleston, April 23,Evening.—The Coin mittec on Credentials are now in session, hear ing the arguments in the New York con tested case.. ■ , The following is a copy of the protest of the Wood delegates, ns presented to the Conven tion, and referred to the Committee oil Cre dentials/. !■ [The letter protects against the ,admission ,of thd'“Softs” as Delegates from New York.] The vote vfhich the resolution excluding tno' New York and Illinois delegations from the Committee'on Credentials was adopted, included the following negative votes: Mary land, 1; Virginia; 15 ; Georgia, IQ Alabama, 9 ; Louisiana, G; Mississippi, 7; Texas, 4; Cali fornia, 2. The balance wore all in the affirma tive—yeas 244, nays 54. On' the motion to lay on the table the reso lution excluding them from participating'in the organization, the vote was nearly the same, excopij that Virginia voted in, the affirmative, and Arkansas in the negative. The Latest, The nomination of Douglas Indicated—The . Slave Code—Hot Weather—An Early Ad- journment. . Charleston; April 23, 10 o’clock, P. M.— The city is quiet to-night. There is no pub lic speaking at the head-quarters—the party loaders being engaged in private consultations. The votes of the delegation to-day on the most important question which camo’up. the appointmentof committees on organization and credentials, are regarded as indicating the no mination of Senator Douglas for the Presiden cy. All the Douglas Delegates voted in favor of .1110 “ Soft” New York delegation/, The Committee on Credentials, it is under stood, will report, by a largo majority, in fa yor of the admissfon of the “ Softs’! ns dele gates from Now York, and also in favor of the Illinois Douglas delegates i and it is believed that tho “ Softs” will vote for Mr. Douglas. The Alabama delegation will demand tho “slave code,” and an effort will bo made to proceed to a ballot for the nomination of can didates for the Presidency and Vico Presi dency, before tho Committee on the Platform make their report. The indications are that tho Convention will adoj urn by Thursday next. The weather has been excessively hot to day, the thermometer indicating a tempera ture of 84 degrees in tho shade. More Acolitioxism. —Following close upon the abolition resolution introduced in the House .of Representatives at Washington, by Mr. 11 lake, Republican so-called, which re ceived the support of sixty members of his party Mr. Lovejoy, another so-called Repub lican, has made a speech which, in violence and abolitionism, finds its equal only in the rabid harangues of Garrison and Phillips. It was delivered in the House on last Thursday week, and was a most furious and bitter a£ tack upon the South and her institutions, and upon the Constitution itself. The 7 speaker virtually denied the right of the South to hold slaves under the Constitution,-sajthg that it was claimed that that compact guaranteed them the right; but although he had *• sworn to support the Constitution, he did not inter pret it in the way the South did.” He gloried }?, signed the Helper book, because ho thought it proper; and he eulogized John heo d °re haBoulo g“d pross e ener ally commend the speech and arguments of Mr. Lovoiov kinl CU a °L^l^ at v, e . y . call We -pluokT in mal Hnn« n 1! h ntthibition of himself in the House of Representatives— Lancaster Intel. signed'toe hnw M ?rt fornor Packer has signed the bill for the relief of the Sunburv ,and Erie Railroad Company. y News from the Bio Grande/^ A correspondent of the N. 0. p r writing from the, Doxas frontier, nadc^! 1 ■ April 12, says: - > The most bxciting subject of conn*. here to-day relates to. thc disbandment ' Texas Rangers, which is to tnko»W.A few days. ■ A'commissioner, appointed!' State, has been here for the last f c » r conferring with Major Hointzclnmn 3' officers of Uncle Sam as to the enrolment payment of the Rangers as United Sim. ,' '( cos. But the offer was- rwifcled, ' 4 Houston feels compelled to disbainfthTni , is the dutyxif the Federal Government ),' toot tho frontier, and Texas docs aton '4l bear the expense herself when there Islf Wi money Squandered on corruption comndHl at Washington to pay the bilk, ,77 pS; The Rangers are to march to tiiJmt quickly os possible, and there they mustered out of service. This-will 3 event for the Rio Graudc, for there is JJ-If piiting but that tho rangers are the in W “ --J ficient force to bo employed on this f w ' 3 Regular troops have their hold of netk; " tho same may be said of irregulars. S It is confidently expected here, if gers are withdrawn, as they surely that Cortina will recruit his forces i K! ; otoly, and make another foray on this i!4^- V| the Rio Grande. In fact, tho people h3 : 3 certain of it, and many old settlers tvlm $ lived here for years, are makingjiaste toj' ' pose of their cattle and stock before the,' bore return. There is no' insecurity fi town, for we have 100 many troops hctoi low any anxiety from tho bandits. ,l||- apprehension felt in this place arises frea fear that Miramon, if defeated before l| Oroz, will make a descent on this place. ! that event we should have to make a os march to thio rear, 1 The Austin brought down the artillcm diors under command of Lieut. Black. II lievo they ore attached 'to. the 2d Artil'c which came down on the Arizona. The health of tins plabc is cicellcnU ;: : ii there is but little fear of any yellow fcverS ■ year. , Everything is quiet, thanks to (lie tar :V and the Hangers; but how long such i continue to be the case i» more than prophet can determine. ' Gbn. Gorcenna is in Taippico, where ie: 4 the hero of the hour.. Gen. 'bcgMi tti }& Secretary Ocampo are in the someplace, ; There is considerable opposition here, i through the State, to the ratification ofs , McLanc and Ocampo treaty. Governor Garcia, has written a vert t ; note to Major •Heintz.clman, requestin'!' to withdraw the American troops to the 1 bank of the Kio Grande, and I assuror, much ill feeling is growing, up on (hiss ■ against any longer continuance of your ,< diers on Mexican soil. ..Mexicans, arc c ; completely lost to national fceJiny.mdlt;,,:-, capture oY their steamers at Tera Crut, nr,;. ■Si the invasion of Mexican soil, arc not b looked npon with satisfaction. Floating Thirty Miles on a Cakeml: ; vj; —The Green Bay Advocate ice adventure:, “ Henry Martin and Isaac Gngnor.'oncr ft load of hay, the other with ft load meal, were travelling-on the ice of Little \. r : 'ok do Noquet. About 4 o’clock, P. Ji’i covered a crack which cut them off shore, and tl\at the ice on which was flouting, them out into Green Death’s Door. They unhnrnesi cd theirkwg and let them go, and took the hoxoff tire, sleds to use-in ease they got into m, ry e tor; At midnight, being exhausted, tnnl . down to sleep under the lee of. aliuunnoa-- y ; ice. In the morning at eight o’clockt™st:,:'.<; land, which proved to be Washington toyyy. ■ I and they landed outside Ddath’s Kiut.' k-’id had thus been driven thirty miles c.ry Bay in one of the heaviest gales till i r:-'.' Vilov/ed. The horses, jvftov loorfjjS lowed the men- in their until coming to *' wfi.+k jWacd, thoj ™i ipfKj Two, hours later one of the horses swam U[J tho cake on.whiolr the men W'ero.,pnt Wife ?i on the ice, looking beseechingly, W 6 ; , could not help the poor brute.” . j:' : A Stra'ngU Phenomenon.— TheLocllr (Penn.,) Watchman records a very ream , phenomenon. Some months ago, Mr. fegy. ■.Johnson : (if M placehad the middle his right hand amputated close to the iSfe joint joining his hand. The wound soonl||i|| cd oyer, and almost immediately S ncwßp|| commenced growin'g ftonfthe'stump of ll®p| one; aird six months from the time tlit®||f above linger was amputated, Mr, Joluisoi®f| a new and full grown one irk' its plate,{Sgi the exception of the nail, which is jufU- y nibneing-tb ‘shoot put. ■ . [ v/t Hoyal Present.— The Queen of Enf > a’id tho princQ Consort have presented W grandchild; the’ son. of Prince and Pa 0 Frederick William, an exceedingly jS} beautiful and artistically nranufneliim/ fyi'y and cover,- in gold, jn yompnidunncc having been godfather and gbchiMr eft young Prince. Tlio whole of tlic jeviV-.w:. /_ as ornaments are valuable diamonds, ult ,V cup boars an inscription in English, u lows: “ Queen Victoria and Prince Allc tlieir-grandson, Frederick William Vim " bert, in. remembrance of the sth of Sir i 1859.”. This date is that of the baplis ,) the young Prince. i I A Town dir a Lake.—Rev. W. C.ft i presiding older of one pf the Indiana Cvi / onoes, gives the following account ofiM«? , ; town,' in ’that State, one of the peculiar') which is that it inbuilt on a lake'; ' fAfjs AVe read of a “ city set on a lilil/” igantown, in ihy district, stands uponafeAcylt This- was not known for a number after tho town was settled/' The' was made by (figging Wells to procure l supply of water, Tho supply of wells which had been used tailingin“ VJS season, a few years since’, one'of thro concluded to sink a well deeper, andc. could not strike a stronger vein. AVte ' )t| thirty-iivo or forty feet below tho sM-wAS tho earth, tho man at work in tho wt donly struck his pick through a cit V'jij water gushed up with such rapidity Ih ■ difficulty ho was saved by the men l . windlass. In a few moments the wP somo fifteon feet deep in the well. I" 1 . three instances afterward men were ns, . > ing lost by coming suddenly to this ins' tiblo fountain of water. : Wells have been sunk in different the town from each other, and I behek feet is the greatest depth to reach tl" ! Load lines have been dropped into M". . - those.wells, but ho.bottom has been w. In digging down to this lake they i pass through strata of sand, leaves at- ;«« ber resembling driftwood. This is W; feet, below the surface of the earth’ ' , ■“ passing through these strata, a stratum;' tfiV clay is found, and when within some ms -inches of the lake a hard crust is 1 ■? . which is a sure indication that they tho water. W-hen they commence « thereon, carrying it to the top of the *{■"', er« put down a large auger and boro aaf {, ol water, which gushes up with great MJ mg the well from fifteen to twenty . few. minutes. When tho auger PjWk lake the atmosphere bursts ftp pora ri f vSS 1 ends, producing a sound resembling T ° tho blowing off of steam from an WE 7j,i have not giVon all tho particulars of , , . been discovered of this mysterious , , , . Enough is known to settle it beyoni i.-- that the whole town stands upon a i , . dorground, te : - 959“ Fred Douglas says that bo upon tho interest of ‘ Uncle Toro’s hours." Ho could hang upon someth more substantial by visiting Vhfi‘ nl ' IN
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